linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: Rename all existing 'memhp' into 'mhp'

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Message-ID: <3dc093e6-e037-c67c-f2f9-c534fdabdd99@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:21:02 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, david@...hat.com,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/memory_hotplug: Rename all existing 'memhp' into 'mhp'



On 1/25/21 1:56 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 11:24:53AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> This renames all 'memhp' instances to 'mhp' except for memhp_default_state
>> for being a kernel command line option. This is just a clean up and should
>> not cause a functional change.
> 
> THat says _what_ you are doing, but I have no idea _why_ this is needed
> for anything...

There is a series [1] which adds some new hotplug functions starting
with mhp_ (after deciding in its favor rather than memhp_). We should
have a common naming scheme either memhp_ based or mhp_ based but not
mixed. As it was proposed [2] to go with mhp_ based names instead, all
the existing memhp_ needed renaming. Hence the this patch.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1611543532-18698-1-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/c37de2d0-28a1-4f7d-f944-cfd7d81c334d@redhat.com/

- Anshuman